CHAPEL HILL (July 20, 2022) – An investment in some of North Carolina’s brightest high-school graduates – free tuition – is already paying off at UNC System schools. The NC School of Science and Mathematics in Durham – which now has a western campus in Morganton as well1 – is considered one of the top… READ MORE
No-Brainer: Guaranteed admission for NCSSM grads
CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 16, 2021) – How often do members of the UNC Board of Governors talk about “no-brainers”? Well they did this week before approving a policy to guarantee admission to UNC System schools for graduates of the NC School of Science and Mathematics. The high school in a former hospital in Durham identifies… READ MORE
Liberal arts part of the equation
Yes, jobs in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields are important these days. But it’s also important to remember the liberal arts are still part of that equation. Employers say they want workers who have critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills.1 Those are skills imparted by a broad, liberal-arts education. First, when we talk… READ MORE
Investing in North Carolina’s best and brightest
By DR. TODD ROBERTS Chancellor North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics DURHAM (April 7, 2017) – The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics grew out of a simple conviction on the part of state policymakers: that North Carolina’s students are as bright and capable as any in the world. Give them the opportunity… READ MORE
NCSSM meets high-achieving students where they are
DURHAM – If a smart student on Ocracoke wants to take Honors Physics, odds are her high school won’t have enough students to offer it. But the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham can make it happen. The School of Science and Math was the first residential school of its kind in the… READ MORE
“Music is math”
DURHAM – ‘The Arts’ aren’t part of the name at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. But the arts are an integral part of the school. “People, when they hear ‘North Carolina School of Science and Math,’ they think that’s all we do,” Chancellor Todd Roberts says in the accompanying video. “We are a… READ MORE
NCSSM: “Best high-school education in the country”
DURHAM – Imagine a public high school where students take multivariable calculus, organic chemistry and mechanical engineering – and all of them go on to college. It’s not imaginary. The NC School of Science and Mathematics was the nation’s first public residential high school focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Eleven states have… READ MORE
Keep the talent here
DURHAM – The expression ‘best and brightest’ is overused – but at the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it really does apply. From NCSSM’s class of 2016 alone, six graduates went to MIT, five to Yale, four to Stanford, six to Cornell. From one graduating class. In the accompanying video, NCSSM Chancellor Todd Roberts says… READ MORE
Hospital turned high school
DURHAM – A high school is one creative way to reuse a 1908 hospital. The former Watts Hospital that became the NC School of Science and Mathematics breathes character – architectural and otherwise. The skylights in a former operating room now illuminate an art studio. The nursery with its round windows for viewing newborns now… READ MORE
Not your typical math teacher
DURHAM – For 12 years, Philip Rash has helped some of the state’s most promising high schoolers tackle some of the world’s toughest math challenges. As a teacher at the NC School of Science and Mathematics, he has taught everything from precalculus to combinatorics (the study of countable discrete structures). Along the way, Rash has… READ MORE